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What is General Knowledge?

The public knowledge communicated by a range of non-specialist masses encompassing a wide subject range. General erudition: knowledge of many things.


What does General Knowledge talk about?

Knowledge about anything, anyone, anyplace in the universe. General acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation. General knowledge is also moderately associated with verbal ability, though only weakly or not at all with numerical and spatial ability.


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There are studies that found General Knowledge can predict exam results. The study examined personality predictors &cognitive ability in student's exam performance which found General knowledge was positively related with overall exam results.


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Georgian loyalists and rebel forces (after a week of fighting) P (agreed to) Q (a cease fire today) R (in which 51 people were killed) S

The correct sequence should be

 

 

A) P Q R S B) Q R S P
C) Q P S R D) Q R P S
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Q R P S

Explanation:

Since, the sentence starts talking about the forces, the continuing statement would be the statement talking about the consensus of the forces on a particular point i.e. Q follows. R will be the next statement as it connects Q by stating that they agreed for a cease fire. The next statement would be talking about the reason of the cease fire, therefore, P follows and S would be the concluding statement which makes a coherent paragraph. The correct formation would be, ‘Georgian loyalists and rebel forces agreed to a ceasefire today after a week of fighting in which 51 people were killed’.

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Which   one   of   the   following   is   not   a semiconductor?

A) Silicon B) Germanium
C) Quartz D) Gallium arsenide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Quartz

Explanation:

Semiconductors are the basic materials used in the present solid state electronic devices like diode, transistor, ICs, etc. 2. Lattice structure and the atomic structure of constituent elements decide whether a particular material will be insulator, metal or semiconductor. Semiconductors are elemental (Si, Ge) as well as compound (GaAs, CdS, etc.). Silicon, Germanium, Gallium Arsenide are semiconductors, but Quartz is an insulator.

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Q:

Choose the word that best defines the given phrase‘Prolonged inability to sleep’

A) Amnesia B) Utopia
C) Nausea D) Insomnia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Insomnia

Explanation:
Amnesia means a partial or total loss of memory.
Utopia means an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
Nausea means a feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit.
Insomnia means habitual sleeplessness; inability to sleep
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

things that have been discarded as worthless.

A) remains B) flotsam
C) shambles D) havoc
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) flotsam

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Q:

Hollywood is located in ______.

A) New Jersey B) Florida
C) London D) California
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) California

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Zubin Mehta is associated with __________

A) Literature B) Painting
C) Music D) Journalism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Music

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The tendency of undisturbed objects to stay at rest or to keep moving with the same velocity is called ___

A) inertia B) momentum
C) energy D) force
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) inertia

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Declension

 

A) Decay B) Decision
C) Improvement D) Increase
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Decay

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